Unfair+Trial

__**Rights being Violated in Turkmenisatn**__

Turkmenistan is a country in Central Asia, located near Iran and Afghanistan.
 * Turkmenistan?**




 * Former president Sparamurad Niyazov**

The agency Amnesty International is putting orders forward for the new Turkmenistan government to follow. More about this agency can be found at http://thereport.amnesty.org/eng/Homepage


 * __Amnesty International__**

New president Gurbangly Berdmukhammedov is under a lot of pressure with the new government.
 * Gurbangly Berdmukhammedov**

This man's name is Annakurban was one of three men that were convicted of fire arm-offences in an unfair trail. They were sentenced to seven years in prison. One died in prison last September. Annakurban and another defendant Sapardurdy Khadzhiev are being ordered to be released. They are also investigating those who were responsible for the human rights violations.
 * Annakurban Amanklychev**.

Another victim to unfair trail is Mukhametkuli Aymuradov. Aymuradov and another man Khoshali Garayev were arrested in 1995 flollowing arrests for alleged anti-state crimes. The trial was once agian unfair. In 1998, they both received and additional eighteen years for an alleged escape attempt. Garayev hung himself a year later. Since then Aymuradov has barely survived. He has had a gastric ulcer, cholecystitis, (inflamation of the gall bladder) kidney inflamation, and his eyesight as declined significantly. The new government has been ordered to release him, and give hime a fair trail that has been swept under the rug for eleven years.

This scenario may be the worst one yet. The man shown to the left is Geldy Kyarizov. He was the former horese minister of Turkmenistan. His horses had become the country's national symbol. One of his home-bred stallions was given to President Niazov before his death. Kyriazov dreamed of establishing a large equestrian complex in the country's capital. Hw would be the principle funder. Then disaster struck. He was sentenced to six years of prison following an internal dispute over the millions of dollars necessary for the complex. His dreams are now destroyed. He has had two heart attacks and a stroke. To top it off, six of his horses have died from starvation and thirst. His own wife hardly recognizes him, and describes him as a "walking dead body". The new government must ensure that he receives all necessary health care, and be released if not given a fair trial, that was denied the first time. The support website for this man is http://www.gsuttle.free-online.co.uk/geldy.htm

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 * Amnesty International is calling on the new government of Turkmenistan to:**
 * make public the scope, methods and findings of the investigation, and bring anyone found responsible for human rights violations to justice.

Although man individauals have had horrible treatment, whole families have been harssaed as well. Many ahve been forced out of their homes, while others have travel restrictions. There is no worse feeling than not feeling safe in your own home at night. So the next time you think you have it bad, think about being forced out of your own house, for no good reason.

The events in Turkmensiatn can be compared to those of The Spanish Inqusition. During The Spanish Inqusition, Jews Protestants, and Muslims were persecuted. People were forced to switch against there will. This made the Catholic Church very powerful. The assumed power over all minorities. It's estimated that 2,000 people were burned at the stake, and 150,000 died in total. Lacking the freedom of espression is very similar to the policy in Turkmenistan.

Spanish Inqusition